Players like Kevin Bond, Alan Hudson, and Steve Daley would be remembered for their beautiful play during an era that would see the Sounders become perennial championship contenders, yet the cruel nature of the playoffs meant they never won a championship to cap off their amazing form.

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Do people become overweight merely because they eat badly and don't exercise or are there a set of cruel genes that causes them to pack on the pounds?

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The Egyptian videos have not been made public, but Animals Australia said they showed cattle believed to have come from Australia being treated in a "vicious, cruel and clumsy" way.

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"The cowards who attacked Malala and her fellow students have shown time and again how little regard they have for human life and how low they can fall in their cruel ambition to impose their twisted ideology, " he said in a statement.

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Under Arizona law, before they could consider imposing the death penalty, jurors had to answer a key question: Was Arias exceptionally cruel when she killed Alexander?

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It was a cruel blow for the home side, ranked 50 league places beneath their opponents, as they were only three minutes away from earning a lucrative replay.

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They rejected that the Amish's placement in different prisons is cruel and unusual and said moving him would be a waste of taxpayer money.

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